Eugene Rochko
Eugen Rochko is a German software developer who became known for the development of the distributed microblogging service Mastodon , the development of which he still leads today.
Life
During his youth Rochko worked on networks such as MySpace , SchülerVZ , Facebook , Twitter and ICQ . He later realized that you needed something that should work consistently, as he was disappointed with the previous networks that soon disappeared.
In early 2016, Rochko started working on Mastodon . He published it at the beginning of October 2016 after graduating from the University of Jena .
He later started implementing the Activity Pub protocol for Mastodon first .
Rochko now earns his living with Mastodon , as many fans support him through Patreon . At first he had to close his service because the number of users became too high.
Trivia
- His mastodon account @Gargron is the most followed in the entire Fediverse .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Sean Tilley: One Mammoth of a Job: An Interview with Eugen Rochko of Mastodon. July 9, 2018, accessed June 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Twitter faces competition from Germany. Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Sasha Lekach: The coder who built Mastodon is 24, fiercely independent, and does not care about money. Retrieved June 29, 2019 .
- ↑ Gargron is creating Mastodon. Retrieved June 29, 2019 .
- ↑ heise online: Decentralized and Open Source: Is Mastodon the better Twitter? Retrieved July 22, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rochko, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German software developer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |